Ghost Platoon

GHOST PLATOON Screenplay by Mike Colonna Logline: A disgraced plastic surgeon, joins the Marine Corps, has his life turned around after suffering brain trauma from a roadside bomb that kills his entire platoon. Now homeless, he develops an uncanny sense of hearing voices and feeling them viscerally around him as he saves an LAPD officer from an attack and eventually, all of them form an undercover team to solve crimes on the streets of LA.

Synopsis: Dr. Frank Gallo, a renowned plastic surgeon, botches a facelift, losing everything, including his wife. Distraught, he joins the Marines as a Medic and Intelligence Officer and is sent overseas. While on a mission, his entire platoon is killed by an IED explosion and he is the only survivor. After recovering from his brain injuries, and later sent home, he loses all will to survive and winds up homeless on the streets of LA. One night, while sleeping under the 6th Street Bridge he hears muffled voices in his head, telling him that an LAPD police officer, LaTisha Jackson, is trapped nearby in her car. She’s been ambushed by one of the South Central gangs. Gallo, arrives on the scene, feeling that his platoon is there with him, they extricate the unconscious woman from her car. But as police arrive, he slips into the crowd knowing that he can’t explain what happened, retreats to his homeless encampment. Days later, she tracks him down to thank him for saving her life. After pressing him for the truth, he reluctantly discloses his past and tells her about the voices he hears. She is wary, but gives him her contact information. Weeks pass and he hears his platoon aga urging him to stop an attempted homicide that is about to take place. With their help, he locates the crime scene and calls LaTisha before retreating again into the night. She begins to suspect that maybe he actually has developed this sixth sense, and approaches him to help fight the criminals who’ve taken over the neighborhood.